Fairfield Porter Quotes
There is that elementary principle of organization in any art that nothing gets in anything else's way, and everything is at its own limit of possibilities.
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I don't have any nicknames.
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I've never experienced chronic pain myself, but I have known many people over the years who have.
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If people don't want to come out to the ball park, nobody's gonna stop 'em.
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Jane Austen's characters for women are always very strong, opinionated and elegantly written, so they're always great for an actress to have a chance to do.
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At Munich we sold the Czechs for a few months grace, but the disgrace will last as long as history.
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What makes Mom the best is that she never put any expectations too high on the kids. She just wanted us to be doing the things that made us happy, as long as we were working hard, but we never had to live up to something.
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Since belief determines behavior, doesn't it make sense that we should be teaching ethical, moral values in every home and in every school in America?
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I am not going to talk about my personal life anymore. You have to learn that lesson sometime.
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Fashion is unique. It's a leveler, not a divider.
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I'm a soccer mom. I'm T-ball, soccer, karate, homework, keeping them on their schedules. I love being the snack mom, when I get to bring the cut oranges. I have one of those coolers with wheels. I'm at every game, every practice, sitting on my blanket. I love it.
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Somehow I got the feeling at an early age that I had to do something important with my life.
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Lastly, his tomb shall list and founder in the troughs of grass. And none shall speak his name.
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One of the problems with putting Huck Finn into a movie or on the stage is, you always make the white people stupid and racist. The point is, they don't know they're racist.
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At the after-party of the Indy 500, I'm usually wearing jeans and a tank top.
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Ultimately, biological phenomena involve molecules, and understanding them involves understanding the underlying chemistry. In my opinion, this is a particularly exciting area of chemistry.
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I love going to the spa; it rejuvenates me and leaves me happy.
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I'm not going to run away from my responsibilities.
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I'm not a good Samaritan, I'm a businessman... The goal is to read and react. If we sign an artist that has potential for a shelf life way out in the distance, then we'll stay. But if not, then we won't.
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Sometimes people think drawing and painting is mucking about when actually it is a highly skilled activity.
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If we are guided to give up our possessions, it will be a positive thing for us.
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Art is the daughter of freedom.
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Silent films were, I think, more different than we know to sound films. We think of it as simply that we added dialogue and in actual fact I think it was an entirely different art form.
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Any army which does not train to use all the weapons, all the means and methods of warfare that the enemy possesses, or may possess, is behaving in an unwise or even criminal manner. This applies to politics even more than it does to the art of war.
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There is that elementary principle of organization in any art that nothing gets in anything else's way, and everything is at its own limit of possibilities.
